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we wil speaker of the house john boehner failed last week to pass a fiscal cliff pill after pushback from some conservatives. now, speculation that he might be pushed off the political cliff and be kicked out of the top job in the house. joining us now from nashville, republican strategist chip saltz mapp and here in the studio with me, anthony holmes. also a republican strategist. i first started hearing of this a couple of weeks ago. i know john boehner and like him a lot. people are oh, we lost the election, time to to something. how to there is this supposed mini revolt. anything to this? >> looks like there could be. the greater thing is it is philosophically disengine with us to spend 8 months telling americans that tax increases hurt the economy and turning around 8 weeks later after the ehe election and offering to surrender a one year debt ceiling pore tore yum and increase taxes under the guise of helping the economy. philosophical. >> laura: the reality, though, anthony is that they lost the election in november. so the taxes are going go up. i mean the idea that -- taxes
we wil speaker of the house john boehner failed last week to pass a fiscal cliff pill after pushback from some conservatives. now, speculation that he might be pushed off the political cliff and be kicked out of the top job in the house. joining us now from nashville, republican strategist chip saltz mapp and here in the studio with me, anthony holmes. also a republican strategist. i first started hearing of this a couple of weeks ago. i know john boehner and like him a lot. people are oh, we...
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house republicans are getting closer to voting on the senate fiscal cliff bill. first they may try to make some changes to the deal the senate cut with the white house late last night. but senate democrats say there is no time for that we actually already went over the cliff at midnight officially. that means that every american's paycheck is about to shrink. huge spending cuts are about to take effect automatically. the senate bill delays those cuts and prevents tax hikes on families making under $450,000 a year. lots of house republicans say they won't support the senate's bill without more spending cuts. we have team fox coverage. ed henry is live at the white house. but, first to mike emanuel live on capitol hill. so, mike, where do things stand now? >> well, rick, on the house floor as we speak right now, they are counting votes. they are seeing if there are 218 voted in the house of representatives to essentially decide to go forward with adding spending cut amendments to the senate-passed bill to essentially see if there is enough support to pass the house
house republicans are getting closer to voting on the senate fiscal cliff bill. first they may try to make some changes to the deal the senate cut with the white house late last night. but senate democrats say there is no time for that we actually already went over the cliff at midnight officially. that means that every american's paycheck is about to shrink. huge spending cuts are about to take effect automatically. the senate bill delays those cuts and prevents tax hikes on families making...
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the fiscal cliff is a disaster in the waiting. a low probability that the disaster will come to fruition, the politicians are content to wait until after the election to do with it. >> and break up-- make the point this is bad for the economy. a lot of people talk about the markets. i don't know, if you have the automatic cuts, you have automatic taxes, you have the deficit being dealt with in an insane way, at least being dealt with, i'm not so sure the markets are going to implode-- >> you don't think, you think the markets will whistle past this. >> at least they're going to say something is going on. at least they're doing something. >> and anyway, right. >> it's going to hurt the economy long-term no doubt. >> the it's the federal reserve behind the market. >> what about the notion that maybe if there were stronger leadership from the white house we wouldn't have to take such a ham-fisted approach. in other words, how come there can't be an elegant solution, i can't get my way, you can't get your way, let's just destroy it al
the fiscal cliff is a disaster in the waiting. a low probability that the disaster will come to fruition, the politicians are content to wait until after the election to do with it. >> and break up-- make the point this is bad for the economy. a lot of people talk about the markets. i don't know, if you have the automatic cuts, you have automatic taxes, you have the deficit being dealt with in an insane way, at least being dealt with, i'm not so sure the markets are going to implode--...
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. >> because the whole fiscal cliff which is a manufactured cliff essentially by both houses of congress happened because they tried to do that last year and said let's give ourselves another arbitrary deadline. you know six months from now we will be right back where we started from. that is the problem. >> laura: we are are almost out of time. but the democratic senate refuses to pass a budget. won't do it. can't do it. the president couldn't get a sing the vote for his own budget. the idea he is going to rush in from vacation and be the caped crusader rescuing us all from fiscal doom is absurd. a razzle dazzle spin move. even matt damon is giving up. >> that is just -- that is the most depress end to a segment i have h heard in my life. >> laura: we are out of time, guys. my goodness. someone has to lead at some point. >> i have my crash helmet on. we are going over the cliff. >> laura: next, a civil war among republicans in congress. will speaker benito survive the revolt? and later, president obama in the next four years. what will his second term mean for you and your family? for y
. >> because the whole fiscal cliff which is a manufactured cliff essentially by both houses of congress happened because they tried to do that last year and said let's give ourselves another arbitrary deadline. you know six months from now we will be right back where we started from. that is the problem. >> laura: we are are almost out of time. but the democratic senate refuses to pass a budget. won't do it. can't do it. the president couldn't get a sing the vote for his own...
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paul ryan will take place in the fiscal cliff meeting today with treasury tim geithner and house speaker john boehner. >> it may be your favorite spot for lounging around but your couch could be killing you. 85 percent of all couches in the united states contain potentially toxic chemicals according to a study published by the journal of environmental science and technology. most are treated with chemicals that are supposed to prevent fire. many of the chemicals have been banned because they can cause cancer among other problems. >> that is scary. the words husband and wife getting axed from marriage certificates in washington. they will likely be replaced with more gender neutral terms spouse a and spouse b. the same-sex marriage law takes effect december 6th. >> the video you have to see a zebra and tony captured on cell phone video running wild through the streets of staten island, new york. it happened during a busy morning commute. >>> it's a zebra. it's staten island running past me. it came towards me. i tried to stop him so it didn't run into the street. it didn't stop. they were
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waiting for the final gavel as the house passes the legislation. to avoid the fiscal cliff. the senate passed the legislation early in the morning. the house has now done the same. votes are in. and it is completely a lopsided vote. however, you can see the republicans are outnumbed in their support by double. >> on this vote yeas 257, nays 167. the motion is adopted. without occasion. >> and with that it's official. that the house has moved this piece of legislation. now we'll got to the president to be signed. joining me now on capitol hill, chief congressional correspond mike emmanuel. mike? >> bret, good evening. and it's been quite a day out here on capitol hill in the wee hours of the morning the senate passed this and the question is what would house republicans do? a lot of leadership felt like they had a bad hand this, is passed by a wide margin, the clock running out on the 112th n congress by noon, on thursday there would be a new congress sworn in. i've got to telling talking to democrats and republicans there is a great dissatisfaction, if you will, if you were
waiting for the final gavel as the house passes the legislation. to avoid the fiscal cliff. the senate passed the legislation early in the morning. the house has now done the same. votes are in. and it is completely a lopsided vote. however, you can see the republicans are outnumbed in their support by double. >> on this vote yeas 257, nays 167. the motion is adopted. without occasion. >> and with that it's official. that the house has moved this piece of legislation. now we'll got...
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cliff. it ties together to paint a negative picture. >> neil: jim, thank you. the president in new hampshire saying we need to create jobs faster and there's a reason why we're not. >> this house of cards collapsed in the great recession. millions of innocent americans losing their jobs and their homes. focus folks losing their lifesavings and we're fighting to recover from that. >> neil: so the upshot, the down report not his doing, the prior guy's doing. sununu heard that. what do you think of that, governor? >> you know, at some point this president's going to have to man up and start understanding that he has responsibility. that jobs report is even worse than jim put together in his presentation. if i may, let me go behind the numbers. if participation this month was the same as participation last month, unemployment would have gone up to 8.4%. but worse than that, if partial this month was the same at when president obama came into office, that is to say if people had as much hope of f
cliff. it ties together to paint a negative picture. >> neil: jim, thank you. the president in new hampshire saying we need to create jobs faster and there's a reason why we're not. >> this house of cards collapsed in the great recession. millions of innocent americans losing their jobs and their homes. focus folks losing their lifesavings and we're fighting to recover from that. >> neil: so the upshot, the down report not his doing, the prior guy's doing. sununu heard that....
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. >> he and he doesn't have the leverage in the fiscal cliff negotiations because they've done the taxes and the share of tax cuts and he no longer has that on the people. so his position wasn't as good as it was in december, as the white house will tell you. >> he lost on the sequester. i think he thought he could convince republicans, you can exploit this republican desire not to have these cuts and the sequester and get something out of that and republicans decided, hey, this thing is already law, we've won this thing if we do nothing so the president lost on it. >> greta: does he seem interested and engaged? >> it's hard to tell. i mean, unless you're sitting in the room with him, it's hard to tell. i interviewed several of the republicans who went to dinner with them and said if they're skeptical in actually achieving some kind after grand bargain, i think a lot of them thought it was for show. they said he seemed sincere in the way he laid out his plans and assessed the problem. i myself am cynical. i don't think we've seen from this president in reducing debt or deficit, unless it
. >> he and he doesn't have the leverage in the fiscal cliff negotiations because they've done the taxes and the share of tax cuts and he no longer has that on the people. so his position wasn't as good as it was in december, as the white house will tell you. >> he lost on the sequester. i think he thought he could convince republicans, you can exploit this republican desire not to have these cuts and the sequester and get something out of that and republicans decided, hey, this...
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cliff on january 1st, split the republicans in the house. the leadership loses control and you pass it with all democrats and tonight, 87 republicans. that's his strategy. you split the body that's the blockage for anything he wants to do and then you achieve what you want. >> on the up side for republicans, is there an upside there's a focus on obama care, not only the technical side of it but the substance of it and the $17 trillion in debt some people don't talk about a lot but they've heard a lot about over the past few weeks. is there some silver lining any republicans can take out of the past two weeks? >> i think so. this whole idea people are talking about obama care now and wouldn't have been if it weren't for ted cruz, that's over done. people would have been talking about obama care, republicans have been talking about it for a long time and it's been a disastrous rollout. that said, ted cruz and mike lee did help reinforce the brand of the party definitely against obama care that takes this debt and deficit stuff very seriously.
cliff on january 1st, split the republicans in the house. the leadership loses control and you pass it with all democrats and tonight, 87 republicans. that's his strategy. you split the body that's the blockage for anything he wants to do and then you achieve what you want. >> on the up side for republicans, is there an upside there's a focus on obama care, not only the technical side of it but the substance of it and the $17 trillion in debt some people don't talk about a lot but they've...
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that same lar number on the republican side of what voted for the fiscal cliff but a lot short of 49 republican yeses they got. we had an issue of republicans deflecting this is a case again, tonight. all democrats voted yes on this bill tonight. house speaker john boehner sort of handed this to reporters he was just glad to be getting this over. >> kara? >> one of the interesting things to watch is just listening to rhetoric how that evolved you had you know a lot of these heated whether hostage takers, having bombs strapped to the chest then today the press conference after the senate vote with the democratic leaders it was just so odd to hear harry reid so he fusive with praise of senator mcconnell. you think back to the summer we had to fight over so called nuclear option you had senator mcconnell calling senator reid one of the worst senate leaders in history. just coming full circle. >> heading to this committee we have senator patty murray on the democratic side and on the house republican side, paul ryan. carea, then chad, what are the hopes and possibilities? >> well, i thin
that same lar number on the republican side of what voted for the fiscal cliff but a lot short of 49 republican yeses they got. we had an issue of republicans deflecting this is a case again, tonight. all democrats voted yes on this bill tonight. house speaker john boehner sort of handed this to reporters he was just glad to be getting this over. >> kara? >> one of the interesting things to watch is just listening to rhetoric how that evolved you had you know a lot of these heated...
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>> the last fiscal cliff deal, he -- his chief of staff at the white house, he was involved in the negotiations. they went nowhere until senator mccog urged vice-president bide tone get involved. that's when an agreement was reached. it wasn't jack lew that reached that agreement. he also, when he agreed to the budget spending reductions as part of the budget control act, 18 months ago, he -- he proposed a budget, the next budget that they put forward, wiped out 60% of those cuts, even though he agreed to them in august and january, he was proposing to giving back 60% of them and spending more money -- >> greta: i guess it's pretty clear -- i guess it's pretty clear you have a strong opinion on this one? >> i really do. i can never forget that hearing. it was one of the most dramatic things i have ever participated in. when the office of management and budget looked us in the eye and insisted that they were correctly -- they were correct in saying their budget would have paid down the debt, when it did not. >> greta: senator, always nice to see you. thank you, sir. >> thank you, greta. >> greta
>> the last fiscal cliff deal, he -- his chief of staff at the white house, he was involved in the negotiations. they went nowhere until senator mccog urged vice-president bide tone get involved. that's when an agreement was reached. it wasn't jack lew that reached that agreement. he also, when he agreed to the budget spending reductions as part of the budget control act, 18 months ago, he -- he proposed a budget, the next budget that they put forward, wiped out 60% of those cuts, even...
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the fiscal cliff, what do you say? it's a nightmare. i'm worried about it, too. the house has done its job. >> bret: you are the house speaker and does the numbers from polls bother you? >> listen, i understand american people frustration with what is going on with the economy and lack of jabs and what they see of lack of progress in washington. house in the last 18 months we have done what the american people asked to us do. i understand their frustration. trying to direct it in the right place. their frustration. >> bret: you're confident optimistic it will get resolved? >> it has to get resolved. letting the tax rate go up is disaster for the economy. it will weaken the national defense. and totally unacceptable. the frustration for me and my members it's that we have done our work. frustrating. >> bret: the criticism of mitt romney he doesn't have the likability factor that obama has, he doesn't emote and tell his own story. what do you think about that? >> it's all about the economy. that is the whole election. th
the fiscal cliff, what do you say? it's a nightmare. i'm worried about it, too. the house has done its job. >> bret: you are the house speaker and does the numbers from polls bother you? >> listen, i understand american people frustration with what is going on with the economy and lack of jabs and what they see of lack of progress in washington. house in the last 18 months we have done what the american people asked to us do. i understand their frustration. trying to direct it in...
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he did not make the effort to take this problem of fiscal cliff and the financial house in order, over the finish line. and so we are in the mess we are... because there was not sufficient leadership on his part and also on the part of the republicans-- >>> can i ask you -- i am not trying to interrupt you. but i believe that they purposefully lied. the evidence seems incontrovertible to me. >> i haven't seen -- there is not evidence of that. for 40 years, i have covered it too many of these things, where sometimes there is a coverup, sometimes there are people lying, at all kines of levels. have you to get in there and get the details. but i do agree with you that this should be examined in depth by somebody neutral in the media media -- the congressional committee should be looking at this, i mean, this is why we have the intelligence committees in the house and the senate. this is made for them to examine. they should. >> sean: all right. first of all, congratulations again on the book. and -- >> thank you. >> sean: another new york times best seller. appreciate you being with us. b
he did not make the effort to take this problem of fiscal cliff and the financial house in order, over the finish line. and so we are in the mess we are... because there was not sufficient leadership on his part and also on the part of the republicans-- >>> can i ask you -- i am not trying to interrupt you. but i believe that they purposefully lied. the evidence seems incontrovertible to me. >> i haven't seen -- there is not evidence of that. for 40 years, i have covered it too...
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like the fiscal cliff we faced at the end of last year. the alternative, chris, is what you raised. that will be a tarp-like situation where the joss just can't take what the senate gave to us, they voted it down. they come back and said, well, i guess they had to. they ultimately pass it with damage to the economy in the meantime. >> dana, to redo the bidding here, the senate moderates, if you will, came up with a plan. paul ryan, not the most right wing member of the house, said this was a total cave to the president and unacceptable. harry reid rejected it because he said it was a cave toward the republicans and he wants something more tilted towards the president. if they come up with something like that, how does it ever get through the house? we just heard jim jordan. >> i thought on friday when i was going to come here on sunday, we would be talking about, well, we see this clear path to a resolution and by thursday, october 17, that thing will be solved. as of yesterday and then this morning, you realize actually they took several steps backwards. the people who wanted the g
like the fiscal cliff we faced at the end of last year. the alternative, chris, is what you raised. that will be a tarp-like situation where the joss just can't take what the senate gave to us, they voted it down. they come back and said, well, i guess they had to. they ultimately pass it with damage to the economy in the meantime. >> dana, to redo the bidding here, the senate moderates, if you will, came up with a plan. paul ryan, not the most right wing member of the house, said this...
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>> well, that's one of the big issues people are talking about, the economists with the fiscal cliff. and look at this issue alone, we would call this a fiscal mountain. because if mortgage interest deductions are not able to still exist, certainly the housing market, any recovery that we've seen in the housing industry, would be halted. so congress knows this, ben bernanki has been addressing this issue, trying to sort of calm the issue down. they believe that this will be able to be worked out. >> so the interest rates have come down to record lows. does it make sense to refinance if ultimately -- i it used to be you would buy a house specifically for that mortgage interest deduction, and hopefully keep some of your pay if you were a w-2 employee. >> you know, you really have to take a look at your overall plan, if you will. because the process has changed quite a bit. one of the things that you need to know, this isn't the refi days of old with no doc and stated doc loans and things like that. you have to have your documentation in place. and you will have to show at least two year
>> well, that's one of the big issues people are talking about, the economists with the fiscal cliff. and look at this issue alone, we would call this a fiscal mountain. because if mortgage interest deductions are not able to still exist, certainly the housing market, any recovery that we've seen in the housing industry, would be halted. so congress knows this, ben bernanki has been addressing this issue, trying to sort of calm the issue down. they believe that this will be able to be...
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else will go over the cliff if we don't get our fiscal house in order and that's the problem. >> thanks for being with us. don't go away. we have much more with presidential san tore rick santorum. we are on the saying -- vegas strip tonight. state ahead there's more coming your way. >> tonight we are in las vegas in nevada and we are speaking to republican presidential candidates. still with us, we continue with former senator and presidential candidate rick santorum. all right. let me ask you this, senator. walk us through a path to victory because this has been you win iowa -- first you didn't win iowa but then you won iowa. new hampshire goes to mitt, south carolina we saw literally a 25-point shift in the policy in a week. same thing in florida. 25 point shift in the policy in a week. walk me through what you think is your path to victory to get the nomination. >> you know, it's hard to predict the path to victory because anyone has predicted the path to date. what i will say is we will go out and compete in every state. our intention is to be in this thing to the very end. and we
else will go over the cliff if we don't get our fiscal house in order and that's the problem. >> thanks for being with us. don't go away. we have much more with presidential san tore rick santorum. we are on the saying -- vegas strip tonight. state ahead there's more coming your way. >> tonight we are in las vegas in nevada and we are speaking to republican presidential candidates. still with us, we continue with former senator and presidential candidate rick santorum. all right....
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with the fiscal cliff and debt ceiling. and got shellacked. gingrich tried it twice with the shutdowns. in the '90s. he got shellacked. if you are in an opposition you cannot gob from the house. what do you do? i thought the way to go ahead is do an incremental debt ceiling hikes where you ask for something relatively small but unassailable. what are the democrats going to say? we will allow america to go to default because we refuse to ask the democratic senate to pass a budget which under law it has to do and it hasn't for 48 months? if you make a demand that is popular, unavailable and reasonable and a small demand then you change the debate about who is being unreasonable. who is taking america to the brink. i am happy that the republican house decided to go ahead with this. >> bret: chuck, what about this? how does it play? what happens? >> for once charles and white house agree. because charles is happy with it and the white house is pronounced itself encouraged by what the republicans did. i don't think they have much choice but to pron
with the fiscal cliff and debt ceiling. and got shellacked. gingrich tried it twice with the shutdowns. in the '90s. he got shellacked. if you are in an opposition you cannot gob from the house. what do you do? i thought the way to go ahead is do an incremental debt ceiling hikes where you ask for something relatively small but unassailable. what are the democrats going to say? we will allow america to go to default because we refuse to ask the democratic senate to pass a budget which under law...
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that same lar number on the republican side of what voted for the fiscal cliff but a lot short of 49 republican yeses they got. we had an issue of republicans deflecting this is a case again, tonight. all democrats voted yes on this bill tonight. house speaker john boehner sort of handed this to reporters he was just glad to be getting this over. >> kara? >> one of the interesting things to watch is just listening to rhetoric how that evolved you had you know a lot of these heated whether hostage takers, having bombs strapped to the chest then today the press conference after the senate vote with the democratic leaders it was just so odd to hear harry reid so he fusive with praise of senator mcconnell. you think back to the summer we had to fight over so called nuclear option you had senator mcconnell calling senator reid one of the worst senate leaders in history. just coming full circle. >> heading to this committee we have senator patty murray on the democratic side and on the house republican side, paul ryan. carea, then chad, what are the hopes and possibilities? >> well, i thin
that same lar number on the republican side of what voted for the fiscal cliff but a lot short of 49 republican yeses they got. we had an issue of republicans deflecting this is a case again, tonight. all democrats voted yes on this bill tonight. house speaker john boehner sort of handed this to reporters he was just glad to be getting this over. >> kara? >> one of the interesting things to watch is just listening to rhetoric how that evolved you had you know a lot of these heated...
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the white house fiscal cliff package. the white house's proposal to avoid the big tax hikes and spending cuts that are going to happen in january, unless something is done. that proposal has come under heavy criticism from republicans who say wasn't serious. how speaker john boehner said he was flabbergasted. mitch mcconnell reportedly laughed out loud and in this debate over reducing the debt, the president is pushing for an additional $255 billion in spending. he wants those higher taxes to spend more, which is leading to some criticism. joining me now is brad blakeman, the former deputy to george w. bush. and chairman of the south carolina democratic party. a deal that is all about the republicans desire to cut back on the debt and deficit -- why would the president be proposing $255 billion in war spending? >> well, he's not. what he is proposing is shifting spending priorities. after those cuts, shifting priorities, and by the way -- this is infrastructure development. this is to make sure that people who have gone t
the white house fiscal cliff package. the white house's proposal to avoid the big tax hikes and spending cuts that are going to happen in january, unless something is done. that proposal has come under heavy criticism from republicans who say wasn't serious. how speaker john boehner said he was flabbergasted. mitch mcconnell reportedly laughed out loud and in this debate over reducing the debt, the president is pushing for an additional $255 billion in spending. he wants those higher taxes to...
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another fiscal cliff looms. if this is "special report." ♪ good evening and welcome to washington. i'm bret baier. we begin with a frantic search for a bomber in the lone star state. another package bombing in texas. a device exploded early this morning at a fedex distribution center near san antonio, while another similar explosive package they are did not detonation. it is the fifth such incident in that state since march 2nd. two people have been killed so far. to correspondent jonathan hunt in texas in the capital tonight of austin where law enforcement are scrambling come the resins they are worrying. good evening, john. >> good evening, bret. this fedex store has been at the center of what is an increasingly urgent search for whomever may be behind the bombings with federal and local law enforcement focusing on this and at least two other major investigative sites as they seek to bring an end to austin's terror. >> we've been working around the clock, again, the public safety is our number one priority.
another fiscal cliff looms. if this is "special report." ♪ good evening and welcome to washington. i'm bret baier. we begin with a frantic search for a bomber in the lone star state. another package bombing in texas. a device exploded early this morning at a fedex distribution center near san antonio, while another similar explosive package they are did not detonation. it is the fifth such incident in that state since march 2nd. two people have been killed so far. to correspondent...
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gun control, budget, the latest fiscal cliff. we are at a cliff right now. foreign policy, iran, north korea. one thing in all the policy debates seems to be the fall-back position for politicians. they found one phrase that pretty much sums it up. >> we don't want to keep kicking the can down the road. >> kicking the can down the road does not make sense. >> for 25 years, we've been kicking the can down the road. >> we want a two-year budget bill and immigration plan that fixes the problem and doesn't further kick the can down the road. >> kick the can down the road. >> kick the can down the road. >> it was kick the can down the road, right? >> we is to stop kicking the can down the road. >> there was no more road left to kick the can down. >> bret: where is that can? we seem one election away from solving the big problems. we'll find the can and get back to you. thank you for inviting us in your home. that is it for this special report. "the story with martha" starts now. >> martha: thanks, bret. we begin with a fox news alert. we are awaiting a news confe
gun control, budget, the latest fiscal cliff. we are at a cliff right now. foreign policy, iran, north korea. one thing in all the policy debates seems to be the fall-back position for politicians. they found one phrase that pretty much sums it up. >> we don't want to keep kicking the can down the road. >> kicking the can down the road does not make sense. >> for 25 years, we've been kicking the can down the road. >> we want a two-year budget bill and immigration plan...
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people have known about the fiscal cliff for a yearism the reason why it was both a fiscal cliff and obama is this -- let me make this point. the worst-case scenario came out with a narrow victory. republicans keeping the house and guess what isn't democrats picking up a couple of eats in the season, they are emboldened without this mandate. so the republicans may say, you don't have a mandate. democrats say, you don't have a mandate. you are at loggerheads, that's what the market said on wednesday. >> it was an election selloff. the one thing this the republicans have to get the message out, cutting government spending is good for the economy, it is not bad for the economy. >> exactly. >> if we can get some cut, that will drive up -- [overlapping dialogue] >> we have to -- we have to throald their feet to the fire. that's all we have time for this evening.
people have known about the fiscal cliff for a yearism the reason why it was both a fiscal cliff and obama is this -- let me make this point. the worst-case scenario came out with a narrow victory. republicans keeping the house and guess what isn't democrats picking up a couple of eats in the season, they are emboldened without this mandate. so the republicans may say, you don't have a mandate. democrats say, you don't have a mandate. you are at loggerheads, that's what the market said on...
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could head for a fiscal cliff. the national political reporter for www.realclearpolitics.com and they are still pointing fingers. when the congressional budget office says they are on an abyss it i don't the be good for the president. >>guest: it cannot. the complaint is that president obama has not been able to work with congress and come up with a solution. that is the argument of the romney campaign. there is for leadership from the president on this. we are still faced with some of the bad projections. >>trace: you look at the mat on both sides and wendell alluded to this, the math is, really, it doesn't add you. you can tax the rich until the cows come home and that is not going to ease this deficit. on the flip side, there has to be some give from the republicans. >>guest: absolutely. that is what we hear from democrats. they say after the cuts, the defense budget to get the math to work, how in the heck, and republicans say they do not want fewer taxes on the rich and not cut defense. they saying there is no
could head for a fiscal cliff. the national political reporter for www.realclearpolitics.com and they are still pointing fingers. when the congressional budget office says they are on an abyss it i don't the be good for the president. >>guest: it cannot. the complaint is that president obama has not been able to work with congress and come up with a solution. that is the argument of the romney campaign. there is for leadership from the president on this. we are still faced with some of...
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. >> bret: some of the back-and-forth on the fiscal cliff and negotiations that are upcoming. if the white house gets its way. all tax cuts on high income earners are let go, expiring, the bush era tax cuts, this is what you are looking at. according to the treasury department it costs the federal government 9.69 billion a day to run the government. the expiration would be $8.24 billion a year on the top earners. roughly $82.4 billion a year. $824 billion in ten years. that would per year run the federal government for 8.5 days a year. that is if the tax increase or tax cut expiring go in place. that's where we begin. juan williams and tucker carlson. tucker, set the stage for us. what is happening. >> you saw this clearly. the press secretary said this is what we want. the president accepts nothing less than raising taxes on the rich. people making over $250,000. republicans in the senate said what they want is unclear. what the president wants is bad. in any negotiation, the person who with the clear objective has profound advantage. in the senate, there are very clear point
. >> bret: some of the back-and-forth on the fiscal cliff and negotiations that are upcoming. if the white house gets its way. all tax cuts on high income earners are let go, expiring, the bush era tax cuts, this is what you are looking at. according to the treasury department it costs the federal government 9.69 billion a day to run the government. the expiration would be $8.24 billion a year on the top earners. roughly $82.4 billion a year. $824 billion in ten years. that would per year...
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else will go over the cliff if we don't get our fiscal house in order and that's the problem. >> thanks for being with us. don't go away. we have much more with presidential san tore rick santorum. we are on the saying the employee of the month is... spark card from capital one. spark cash gives me the most rewards of any small business credit card. it's hard for my crew to keep up with 2% cash back on every purchase, every day. 2% cash back. that's setting the bar pretty high. thanks to spark, owning my own business has never been more rewarding. [ male announcer ] introducing spark the small business credit cards from capital one. get more by choosing unlimited double miles or 2% cash back on every purchase, every day. what's in your wallet? this guy's amazing. [ roger ] tell me you have good insurance. yup, i've got... [ kyle with voice of dennis ] ...allstate. really? i was afraid you'd have some cut-rate policy. [ kyle ] nope, i've got... [ kyle with voice of dennis ] ...the allstate value plan. it's their most affordable car insurance -- and you still get an allstate agent. i too
else will go over the cliff if we don't get our fiscal house in order and that's the problem. >> thanks for being with us. don't go away. we have much more with presidential san tore rick santorum. we are on the saying the employee of the month is... spark card from capital one. spark cash gives me the most rewards of any small business credit card. it's hard for my crew to keep up with 2% cash back on every purchase, every day. 2% cash back. that's setting the bar pretty high. thanks to...
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our fiscal ball so, that we don't go off this cliff. abby: that's spot on. let's hope we can press the reset button and maybe, maybe get something done. david, good to have you with us. >> thank you. abby: turning now to other head lines we are following. starting with a fox news alert. one of our nation's heroes has been declared dead. the pentagon has named missing 31-year-old staff sergeant lopez victim of black hawk army helicopter crash. he enlisted in 2006 and member of elite night stalker's unit. he was never found after the crash while off the coach of yemen. that's just heart-breaking. james mattis is headed to capitol hill next week where he will huddle with congress about the next war strategy in afghanistan. the defense secretary is expected to brief lawmakers on sending reinforcements to fight the taliban along with working out a military budget. this as the president's plan, which includes a boost in military spending may get stuck in congress. no surprise there. also this. president trump making tomorrow an official natio
our fiscal ball so, that we don't go off this cliff. abby: that's spot on. let's hope we can press the reset button and maybe, maybe get something done. david, good to have you with us. >> thank you. abby: turning now to other head lines we are following. starting with a fox news alert. one of our nation's heroes has been declared dead. the pentagon has named missing 31-year-old staff sergeant lopez victim of black hawk army helicopter crash. he enlisted in 2006 and member of elite night...
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cliff. i have a lot to do. i took it upon myself to try to save the country and broker a deal, to try to get them hopping on the trillions of dollars worth of automatic spending cuts and bush tax rates that expire the same second, at stroke of midnight january 1, 2013. with the biggest names in the business community, in the political community, we tried, again and again, to come close to the crisis that could have been avoided at 39 days out remains a chasm. hear their woes, their worries, about being on the brink. fiscal cliff? or fiscal free for all? we are staring at this abyss. no one is even touching it. >> what is amazing to me this is the most predictable financial crisis ever in the history of this country. i suspect we are thought going to anticipate a recession, you will see a recession. >> we should be very careful not to go over the cliff because we will have a negative affect on this economy and on employment. >>neil: an idea of how much is at stake and who pays for this, i am
cliff. i have a lot to do. i took it upon myself to try to save the country and broker a deal, to try to get them hopping on the trillions of dollars worth of automatic spending cuts and bush tax rates that expire the same second, at stroke of midnight january 1, 2013. with the biggest names in the business community, in the political community, we tried, again and again, to come close to the crisis that could have been avoided at 39 days out remains a chasm. hear their woes, their worries,...
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not just in europe, congress and the white house don't make cuts to avoid fiscal cliff, economists predict a double dip recession and soaring unemployment. >> they can call it a general feeling of uncertainty about the future. worry about the failure of the u.s. policy makers on the fiscal plan. >> meanwhile, other countrys try to get create i with ways to keep people and institutions afloat. in battered ireland, they are contemplating a law to encourage banks to lower mortgages to avoid foreclosures, as ireland housing market remains at half the former value. angela merkel referenceed today the european investment bank which is mandated to help small and medium size businesses expand. >> as unpopular as angela merkel is on the greek street, she is under enormous pressure at home by german taxpayers who are not overly keen to cough up more money. her message is we're all in this together. >> bret: amy kellogg in london. thank you. north korea is proclaiming that the u.s. mainland is within range of the missiles. communist regime is upset they are allowing south korea to have missiles capab
not just in europe, congress and the white house don't make cuts to avoid fiscal cliff, economists predict a double dip recession and soaring unemployment. >> they can call it a general feeling of uncertainty about the future. worry about the failure of the u.s. policy makers on the fiscal plan. >> meanwhile, other countrys try to get create i with ways to keep people and institutions afloat. in battered ireland, they are contemplating a law to encourage banks to lower mortgages to...
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steve, your thoughts on the end of year push as we often see a fiscal cliff. >> it's interesting to watch republicans during the debate about the government shutdown, because they have really stuck together despite the fact that there have been some internal differences among republicans in the house on this level. defense spending, what have you, but they have stuck together, every time they do in an environment like this it diminishes the leverage that the democrats have. if this gets them through to the next one of these next month. republicans will have much less leverage at that point, because you are going to see a push by republicans to increase the spending number overall, and democrats are going to point to the budget control act and say, if you want to increase defense spending, we will will increase domestic spending. >> january is looking like a real problem. somehow they managed to put off not only dealing with the tough decisions on spending, but whatever deal they have made to get through the deadline involved, dealing with disaster relief later and dealing with immigration
steve, your thoughts on the end of year push as we often see a fiscal cliff. >> it's interesting to watch republicans during the debate about the government shutdown, because they have really stuck together despite the fact that there have been some internal differences among republicans in the house on this level. defense spending, what have you, but they have stuck together, every time they do in an environment like this it diminishes the leverage that the democrats have. if this gets...
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cliff. it creates terrible problems and uncertainty for business. it's the goal of speaker ryan to do something long-term. he is quietly keeping it quiet, fighting with others including white house on whether or not they can do something that is deficit-funded or permanent and paid for. >> shepard: so what you're saying, one way to do this is to put it on the national credit card and the other way is to stop spending so much and that stop spending so much is what paul ryan wants. >> paul ryan has been floating a border adjustment tax that was going to be a big pay-for, a trillion dollar. very controversial. it just recently died. they were going to get $500 to a trillion out of obamacare tax relief to apply that to a sweeping tax reform and cut package. that didn't pan out. so they're looking for ways to pay for it. they don't have one. while they want to say yes, we're going to present the proposals in september and get going, they haven't agreed on whether or not they are going to pay for
cliff. it creates terrible problems and uncertainty for business. it's the goal of speaker ryan to do something long-term. he is quietly keeping it quiet, fighting with others including white house on whether or not they can do something that is deficit-funded or permanent and paid for. >> shepard: so what you're saying, one way to do this is to put it on the national credit card and the other way is to stop spending so much and that stop spending so much is what paul ryan wants. >>...
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fiscal cliff and it succeeded. it crashed on the sequester. the apocalypse he predicted made him look ridiculous and cynical. when you close the white house and keep out the iowa kids everybody understands that you are playing games. that hurt him in poll numbers. >> bret: speaking of which, the white house press secretary was asked about the iowa sixth graders who went to facebook to make their appeal of going to white house. >> the white house is our house. let us in. >> the white house is affected by the sequester and the secret service presented options that ranged from canceling tours to potential furloughs and cuts in overtime. the white house made the decision we'd unfortunately have to temporarily suspend the tours. the tradeoffs here are never good because of the nature of the cuts and the way the law is written. if you are given flexibility the option is give less money to disabled kids to give more money to poor kids. more support to poor kids. this is a similar tradeoff. it's very unfortunate. >> this is ridiculous. it's unfortunat
fiscal cliff and it succeeded. it crashed on the sequester. the apocalypse he predicted made him look ridiculous and cynical. when you close the white house and keep out the iowa kids everybody understands that you are playing games. that hurt him in poll numbers. >> bret: speaking of which, the white house press secretary was asked about the iowa sixth graders who went to facebook to make their appeal of going to white house. >> the white house is our house. let us in. >> the...
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. >> bret: everyone is talk about the fiscal cliff coming at the end of the year. it sounds like the white house will miss a big deadline related to that. >> that is right. it's all about the defense, the sequestration, the massive defense cuts coming because congress failed to get a debt deal. today was the deadline by law that the white house had to turn over to congress. by extension the public. details on where the cut cuts wl come affect a lot of viewers. what cities, what military bases will be effected. white house did not meet the deadline. white house spokeman jay carney is the reason is taking time to get the information from the different federal agencies and meet the deadline late next week. republicans like senator john thune blasting late this afternoon saying they would give them a lot of heat next week to get the details. >> bret: ed henry traveling with the president in iowa. popular state these days. stocks were up slightly after a huge day thursday. the dow gained 15. the s&p 500 was up 6. the nasdaq finished a fraction ahead. >>> why have a jobs
. >> bret: everyone is talk about the fiscal cliff coming at the end of the year. it sounds like the white house will miss a big deadline related to that. >> that is right. it's all about the defense, the sequestration, the massive defense cuts coming because congress failed to get a debt deal. today was the deadline by law that the white house had to turn over to congress. by extension the public. details on where the cut cuts wl come affect a lot of viewers. what cities, what...
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this pending fiscal cliff we are going to have over 9% unemployment pending january 1st. also a double dip recession. that got very little coverage because everybody is focused on something nobody except todd akin is talking about, which is rape. . >> you have the national media ignoring about what the vice president said about put y'all in changes. that comment didn't arouse nearly -- >> that is still sitting there doing nothing. some of the akinesque story the sea of galilee for the first time -- they are using it to set up the outrageous skinny-dipping. the core of that story was the fbi was investigating that gives it a seriousness. >> fbi wasn't investigating, >> more newswatch ahead. first, if you see something that you feel shows evidence of media bias, e-mail us. newswatch@foxnews.com. >>> inside the obama administration what kind of attention are they getting? >>> disagreements, conflicts, dysfunction, a few words describing team obama in two new bombshell books about our president. how are the media treating the new publications. >> jay leno has >>> hillary clip
this pending fiscal cliff we are going to have over 9% unemployment pending january 1st. also a double dip recession. that got very little coverage because everybody is focused on something nobody except todd akin is talking about, which is rape. . >> you have the national media ignoring about what the vice president said about put y'all in changes. that comment didn't arouse nearly -- >> that is still sitting there doing nothing. some of the akinesque story the sea of galilee for...
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cliff. the president is having leaders in both parties here at the white house on friday. that's when they should start hashing all this out. they have a looming deadline. the markets have been roiled by. this they will be watching that meeting on friday closely. >> shepard: ed henry, thanks. the fbi reports it did find classified information on a computer in paula broadwell's house. and there is word now that prosecutors are debating whether to charge her with a crime. jennifer griffin working this angle from the pentagon tonight. jennifer, she did have permission to have some classified information. it's just, well, they don't know which. >> well, she had permission until it was taken away in recent days due to this current fbi investigation. paula broadwell is an army military reserve lt. colonel who has security clearance to view classified information but not to take it home with her. the fbi says that there is no evidence so far that david petraeus shared classified documents with broa
cliff. the president is having leaders in both parties here at the white house on friday. that's when they should start hashing all this out. they have a looming deadline. the markets have been roiled by. this they will be watching that meeting on friday closely. >> shepard: ed henry, thanks. the fbi reports it did find classified information on a computer in paula broadwell's house. and there is word now that prosecutors are debating whether to charge her with a crime. jennifer griffin...
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1st if we do not get a fiscal cliff deal in time. the clock is running. carl cameron, what do you have? >> reporter: bill, we were talking a short while ago how mr. boehner was going to talk to his rank-and-file members and leaders behind closed doors this morning at a meeting that started 9:00 about the president's offer last night to again try to raise revenue, decrease spending and come up with a balanced plan to avoid the fiscal cliff of mandatory tax increases and spending cuts. turns out the republicans were probably going to be apprehensive about it, but mr. boehner went into the meeting with alternative. he is concerned about the calendar. so far inability to break the jog lam on a real deal here. the distance between the two sides. as a consequence he told his members he has got a plan b. i want to read remarks we know he is saying behind closed doors to his fellow republicans. he will say or has said, quote, for weeks senate republicans and a growing number of you, meaning house republicans have been pushing for us to pivot
1st if we do not get a fiscal cliff deal in time. the clock is running. carl cameron, what do you have? >> reporter: bill, we were talking a short while ago how mr. boehner was going to talk to his rank-and-file members and leaders behind closed doors this morning at a meeting that started 9:00 about the president's offer last night to again try to raise revenue, decrease spending and come up with a balanced plan to avoid the fiscal cliff of mandatory tax increases and spending cuts....
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john boehner, the speaker of the house is speaking out now about the fiscal cliff, let's listen in. >> the bigger problem here, which is our national deficit and our national debt. this debt doesn't exist because we don't tax small businesses enough, it exists because washington continues to spend too much. and raising taxes on small businesses instead of taking a balanced approach that also cuts spending is wrong. it's only going to make it harder for our economy to grow. and if our economy doesn't grow, americans don't get new jobs. and the debt problem that we have will continue to threaten our children's future. as i said the day after the election, republicans are not seeking to impose our will on the president. we're seeking a bipartisan solution that can pass both chambers of congress and be signed into law by the president in the coming days. now, during the campaign the president pledged to the american people that he would seek a balanced approach to addressing the debt, a combination of new revenues and spending cuts. so the day after the election i said the republican majo
john boehner, the speaker of the house is speaking out now about the fiscal cliff, let's listen in. >> the bigger problem here, which is our national deficit and our national debt. this debt doesn't exist because we don't tax small businesses enough, it exists because washington continues to spend too much. and raising taxes on small businesses instead of taking a balanced approach that also cuts spending is wrong. it's only going to make it harder for our economy to grow. and if our...
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it's that the republicans believe unless we get our fiscal house in order we are doomed. obama thinks that he can, should and is destined to be the one who increases american entitlement. that is the problem. so unless -- here is where i think the real issue is. what will the democrats show in the senate when they produce a budget? which will be in a couple of days. the first in four years? that is going to be black and white, we're going to look at the numbers and see if there will be any cutting. any entitlement reforms or not. that is where i think it's important. who cares who deeps with whom. >> bret: for all the talking, the chasm between republicans and democrats could not be bigger. republicans saying that they are not going to increase taxes. in any way, shape or form, that president has his tax increases already. from the debt ceiling deal. fiscal cliff. and democrats looking at paul ryan's budget which starts by repealing obamacare. >> which is why we are not going to get a bargain, grand or small. it won't happen. we have have an administration that is not int
it's that the republicans believe unless we get our fiscal house in order we are doomed. obama thinks that he can, should and is destined to be the one who increases american entitlement. that is the problem. so unless -- here is where i think the real issue is. what will the democrats show in the senate when they produce a budget? which will be in a couple of days. the first in four years? that is going to be black and white, we're going to look at the numbers and see if there will be any...
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drive us off the fiscal cliff at the end of the year. we will hear from both parties. plus, national guard troops now going to new york looking for survivors of super storm sandy who need help. thousands upon thousands of people still in the dark. and now a couple of power companies could end up in court. and they could be the newest weapons in fighting terrorism. bomb sniffing mice. that's next. look how small they were! [ husband ] transfer! [ male announcer ] free data transfer at home. you just deleted all the photos! you did! no you did! [ male announcer ] or free data transfer when you buy a windows 8 computer at staples. another way staples makes it easier to upgrade. when you buy a windows 8 computer at staples. music is a universal language. but when i was in an accident... i was worried the health care system spoke a language all its own with unitedhealthcare, i got help that fit my life. information on my phone. connection to doctors who get where i'm from. and tools to estimate what my care may cost. so i never missed a beat.
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us towards that fiscal cliff saying, quote: they are willing to hold the middle class hostage unless we also give massive new tax cuts to millionaires and billionaires. tax cuts we can't afford that would do nothing to strengthen the economy. the chief white house correspondent ed henry is traveling with the president. is he live with us tonight from las vegas. you know, this really cuts right to the heart of the economic debate between the two candidates in this race. >> it does, shep. it shows a vulnerability for the president on one hand. he campaigned in 2008 and said if elected he would cut the deficit in half. that has not happened. in fact, this report says for the fourth straight year we're going to have deficits of over a trillion dollars. bad for the president. what is he trying to turn into a good thing is to say his philosophy is extend the bush tax cuts for the middle class. help the economy in the short-term. but end the tax cuts for the rich and you'll save a lot of money that will help with the deficit. now the romney philosophy suspect different. what governor romney
us towards that fiscal cliff saying, quote: they are willing to hold the middle class hostage unless we also give massive new tax cuts to millionaires and billionaires. tax cuts we can't afford that would do nothing to strengthen the economy. the chief white house correspondent ed henry is traveling with the president. is he live with us tonight from las vegas. you know, this really cuts right to the heart of the economic debate between the two candidates in this race. >> it does, shep....
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on the fiscal cliff, vice president biden told reporters today the administration now has a mandate on tax policy. republicans, though, may have other ideas. bret? >> ed henry live on the north lawn. thanks. >>> status quo was the winner congress. democrats maintained and even expanded their lead in the senate. some house races are still up in the air. but we know the g.o.p. will still have the majority. which means john boehner will remain speaker. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel tonight on the agendas of the respective leaders. >> fresh off the election that guarantees republicans will retain control of the house of representatives, speaker john boehner made clear his numbers are not going to abandon the principles. >> we don't sol t problem of the fiscal imbalance overnight and we certainly won't do in a lame duck session of congress. it won't beed simply by raising taxes or taking a plunge off the fiscal cliff. >> congress' ability to get things done will be tested soon after the election when the fiscal cliff and massive trillions of dollars in tax increases spendin
on the fiscal cliff, vice president biden told reporters today the administration now has a mandate on tax policy. republicans, though, may have other ideas. bret? >> ed henry live on the north lawn. thanks. >>> status quo was the winner congress. democrats maintained and even expanded their lead in the senate. some house races are still up in the air. but we know the g.o.p. will still have the majority. which means john boehner will remain speaker. chief congressional...
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he says there is 2/3 chance they will go off the fiscal cliff. that is not what the markets want to hear, jon. jon: not at all. ed henry at the white house. if jay carney relents and let you into the meeting give us a shot. we'll be on air. >> reporter: i will give you a copy of the menu. jon: please do, thanks. jenna: we'll forget about politicians just for a moment. i promise we'll return there surely over the next couple hours. let's talk about some renewed private sector pushing to really slash the federal budget. a group called citizens against government waste is calling for nearly $2 trillion in cuts the next five years. doug mckelway is live with the story. doug, how realistic is that goal? >> reporter: how realistic is the goal? not realistic at all. let's be honest about this. at least it is a benchmark we can strive for. citizens against government waste went through the federal budget, they identified $392 billion in cuts. $1.8 trillion in cuts over next five years. which totals 11% of the federal budget, none which touches the most c
he says there is 2/3 chance they will go off the fiscal cliff. that is not what the markets want to hear, jon. jon: not at all. ed henry at the white house. if jay carney relents and let you into the meeting give us a shot. we'll be on air. >> reporter: i will give you a copy of the menu. jon: please do, thanks. jenna: we'll forget about politicians just for a moment. i promise we'll return there surely over the next couple hours. let's talk about some renewed private sector pushing to...
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we are going off the cliff for fiscally irresponsible, we are hating each other, we are destroying ourselves. a house divided against itself cannot stand. we are failing to take a leadership position on the world stage. some people said, why would you get behind a man like donald trump? i'll tell you why. first of all i have come to know donald trump over the louisiana few year. he's actually a very intelligent man who cares deeply about america. there are two different donald trumps. there is the one you see on the stage, and the one who is very cerebral, sit there and considers things very careful. that's the donald trump you will start seeing more and more of right now. and some people said, but, well, you know, he said terrible thing about you, how can you support hip. >> we buried the hatchet that was political stuff. and, you know, that happens in american politic. the politic of personal destruction, all that. it's not something i particularly believe in or anything i get involved in. but i do recognize it is a part of the process. we move on because it's not about me. it's not about
we are going off the cliff for fiscally irresponsible, we are hating each other, we are destroying ourselves. a house divided against itself cannot stand. we are failing to take a leadership position on the world stage. some people said, why would you get behind a man like donald trump? i'll tell you why. first of all i have come to know donald trump over the louisiana few year. he's actually a very intelligent man who cares deeply about america. there are two different donald trumps. there is...